I wish it had worked :( I get a message from java test sites i am using an old version (1.6.0-0) but cannot upgrade, and java applets won't open on any web browser - I 'm trying to open my net banking site on firefox 3.0.10. It worked fine when I had feisty fawn. Any suggestions?

@Karin Parkersince you are new to Linux, why dont you try to use Synaptic to uninstall Java?Open Synaptic, then use the search box to find java and select the installed applications and uninstall them.

So i did what was suggested and I ran sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts in my terminal but it's telling me I have the latest version so there are 0 upgrade etc and when I visit Java.com it is still or keep telling me that Oops! You don't have the recommended Java installed.

"Your Java version is 1.6.0_0. Please click the button below to get the recommended Java for your computer."

and when I check what java in my computer through Synaptic Package Manager I get a long list of the latest imaginable versions of java installed.

this is what i have on the top of my listSun Java Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) 6..and so on and on. So why then I'm still being told that I only have version 1.6.0.0 ?

joshua@Playstation3:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fontsReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DonePackage sun-java6-plugin is not available, but is referred to by another package.This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, oris only available from another sourceE: Package sun-java6-plugin has no installation candidate

I CANT GET IT TO WORK IVE BEEN ON THIS FOR DAYS NONSTOP TRYN TO GET IT TO WORK

i try to install jdk for my ubuntu 9.04 but it give this error, plz help to me this problem

duleep@duleep-desktop:~$ apt-get install sun-java6-jdkE: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?duleep@duleep-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdkReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: sun-java6-jdk: Depends: sun-java6-bin (= 6-06-0ubuntu1) but 6-13-1 is to be installedE: Broken packages

duleep@duleep-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdkE: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?duleep@duleep-desktop:~$

duleep@duleep-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk[sudo] password for duleep: Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: sun-java6-jdk: Depends: sun-java6-bin (= 6-06-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installedE: Broken packagesduleep@duleep-desktop:~$